Carbon content and sequestration in Pinus patula Schiede ex Schltdl.&Cham. plantation, in the ejido Rancho Nuevo Nanacamila, Zacatlan de las Manzanas, Puebla, Mexico

Authors

  • María Fernanda Murillo Alfaro Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).
  • José Antonio Benjamín Ordóñez Díaz Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Servicios Ambientales y Cambio Climático, SACC A.C. Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey Campus Ciudad de México (ITESM-CCM). Grupo de Energía y Cambio Climático The Climate Reality Project
  • Cecilia Nieto de Pascual-Pola Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias, Centro Nacional de Investigación Disciplinaria para la Conservación y Mejoramiento de Ecosistemas Forestales (INIFAP, CENID-COMEF).
  • Luis Enrique Ortega Treviño Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Servicios Ambientales y Cambio Climático, SACC A.C
  • Anabell Munguia Barcenas Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Servicios Ambientales y Cambio Climático, SACC A.C
  • Adolfo Galicia Naranjo Servicios Ambientales y Cambio Climático, SACC A.C
  • Erik Eliezer Velarde Meza Servicios Ambientales y Cambio Climático, SACC A.C

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32870/ecucba.vi17.229

Keywords:

Ejido Rancho Nuevo Nanacamila, carbon capture, Zacatlán de las Manzanas, Climate change, forest plantation.

Abstract

Forest plantations represent one of the main mitigation alternatives to climate change due to carbon stores in biomass and soil. In present work the estimation of biomass and carbon stores was carried out in a plantation of Pinus patula Schiede ex Schltdl. & Cham. Location of the site was the Rancho Nuevo Nanacamila ejido in the Zacatlán de las Manzanas municipality, Puebla. Five plots of 33 x 33 m were established in order to verify distances between trees in the field. Allometric equations were used to know the volume gained during its growth in 2017 and 2018, and the aerial biomass was estimated to calculate the present carbon content. As a result, a total of 1,580 trees were measured whose diameters ranged from 0.5 to 27.9 cm. The average biomass calculation was 3,841 t ha . Because the growth of trees is relatively slow, the most effective way to fix CO2 is through proper forest management, harvesting at the best time and turning wood into durable products that allow to store carbon for a long period of time.

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Published

2021-12-29

How to Cite

Murillo Alfaro, M. F. ., Ordóñez Díaz, J. A. B. ., Nieto de Pascual-Pola, C. ., Ortega Treviño, L. E. ., Munguia Barcenas, A. ., Galicia Naranjo, A. ., & Velarde Meza, E. E. . (2021). Carbon content and sequestration in Pinus patula Schiede ex Schltdl.&Cham. plantation, in the ejido Rancho Nuevo Nanacamila, Zacatlan de las Manzanas, Puebla, Mexico. E-CUCBA, (17), 222–228. https://doi.org/10.32870/ecucba.vi17.229

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No. 17 (9): e-CUCBA | January - June 2022

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